Press to extinguish
To stub out a cigarette or cigar is to extinguish it by pressing the burning end against a hard surface: She stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray.
The verb stub alone can mean the same thing, but stub out is more common and explicit.
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Press to extinguish
To stub out a cigarette or cigar is to extinguish it by pressing the burning end against a hard surface: She stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray.
The verb stub alone can mean the same thing, but stub out is more common and explicit.
1. extinguish — cigarette, Paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder; ashtray (Cigarette disposal dish); butt (Rear of body); smoke (Airborne combustion byproduct); snuff · crush · tamp · grind · smolder · embers · ash · filter · smush · squash
2. cancel — abort, End before completion; scrap (Discarded bit or tussle); abandon (Leave behind permanently); shelve (Suspend or store); discontinue · terminate · kill · axe · nix · drop · scratch · halt · cease · quash
cigarette/smoking actionstub out ≠ light up Become illuminated or joyful; light · ignite · spark up · fire up · kindle
outside, out, outing, outcome, output, stubby, stub, stubble, outset
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/stub_out